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DBMS > Cubrid vs. Milvus vs. PostGIS vs. SurrealDB

System Properties Comparison Cubrid vs. Milvus vs. PostGIS vs. SurrealDB

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NameCubrid  Xexclude from comparisonMilvus  Xexclude from comparisonPostGIS  Xexclude from comparisonSurrealDB  Xexclude from comparison
DescriptionCUBRID is an open-source SQL-based relational database management system with object extensions for OLTPA DBMS designed for efficient storage of vector data and vector similarity searchesSpatial extension of PostgreSQLA fully ACID transactional, developer-friendly, multi-model DBMS
Primary database modelRelational DBMSVector DBMSSpatial DBMSDocument store
Graph DBMS
Secondary database modelsRelational DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score0.97
Rank#189  Overall
#86  Relational DBMS
Score3.01
Rank#89  Overall
#4  Vector DBMS
Score20.16
Rank#29  Overall
#1  Spatial DBMS
Score1.11
Rank#174  Overall
#30  Document stores
#17  Graph DBMS
Websitecubrid.com (korean)
cubrid.org (english)
milvus.iopostgis.netsurrealdb.com
Technical documentationcubrid.org/­manualsmilvus.io/­docs/­overview.mdpostgis.net/­documentationsurrealdb.com/­docs
DeveloperCUBRID Corporation, CUBRID FoundationSurrealDB Ltd
Initial release2008201920052022
Current release11.0, January 20212.4.4, May 20243.4.2, February 2024v1.5.0, May 2024
License infoCommercial or Open SourceOpen Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoApache Version 2.0Open Source infoGPL v2.0Open Source
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenononono
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Implementation languageC, C++, JavaC++, GoCRust
Server operating systemsLinux
Windows
Linux
macOS info10.14 or later
Windows infowith WSL 2 enabled
Linux
macOS
Windows
Data schemeyesyesschema-free
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesVector, Numeric and Stringyesyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.nonoyes
Secondary indexesyesnoyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyesnoyesSQL-like query language
APIs and other access methodsADO.NET
JDBC
ODBC
OLE DB
RESTful HTTP APIGraphQL
RESTful HTTP API
WebSocket
Supported programming languagesC
C#
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Perl
PHP
Python
Ruby
C++
Go
Java
JavaScript (Node.js)
Python
Deno
Go
JavaScript (Node.js)
Rust
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresJava Stored Proceduresnouser defined functions
Triggersyesnoyes
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneShardingyes infobased on PostgreSQL
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesSource-replica replicationyes infobased on PostgreSQL
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnononono
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyBounded Staleness
Eventual Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Session Consistency
Tunable Consistency
Immediate Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnoyes
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDnoACIDACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesno
User concepts infoAccess controlfine grained access rights according to SQL-standardRole based access control and fine grained access rightsyes infobased on PostgreSQLyes, based on authentication and database rules
More information provided by the system vendor
CubridMilvusPostGISSurrealDB
Specific characteristicsMilvus is an open-source and cloud-native vector database built for production-ready...
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Competitive advantagesHighly available, versatile, and robust with millisecond latency. Supports batch...
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Typical application scenariosRAG: retrieval augmented generation Video media : video understanding, video deduplication....
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Key customersMilvus is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including PayPal, eBay, IKEA, LINE,...
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Market metricsAs of January 2024, 25k+ GitHub stars 10M+ downloads and installations​ ​ 3k+ enterprise...
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Licensing and pricing modelsMilvus was released under the open-source Apache License 2.0 in October 2019. Fully-managed...
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